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Iran Friday Sermon: Iran's Nuclear Rights 'God-Pleasing'
In his Friday sermon, interim Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said that Iran was continuing to insist on its absolute nuclear rights, calling this a "God-pleasing, rational, legal, and globally accepted claim."
"Enemies cannot reach their goals by launching adverse propaganda against Iran's peaceful nuclear program, and Tehran insists on its absolute nuclear rights," he told Friday worshipers.
He added that Iran has repeatedly announced that it does not consider nuclear weapons something right, and that the IAEA had found nothing to prove that its nuclear program was not civilian.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has on various occasions proved its goodwill to its neighbors, and the International Atomic Energy Agency too has inspected all its nuclear activities, and detected nothing that would prove its nuclear energy is not industrial and scientific scale," he said.
He went on to say, "The world arrogance, led by the U.S., has through adverse publicity attributed dirty labels... to Iran, such as 'terrorist,' 'opponent of regional security,' and 'troublesome to neighboring states.' This is while the Islamic Republic of Iran has shown that it is the most sincere neighbor, is not pro-terrorism, and is even a victim of terrorism."
To substantiate his remarks, the Ayatollah said that Iran's former president, former prime minister, and former judiciary, as well as number of Majlis members, renowned thinker Martyr Morteza Motahhari, and many other dear ones had all martyred by terrorists.
Referring to the 1980-88 war "imposed on Iran by former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein" and also other "historically unforgettable crimes," he said, "These actions are done by you. However, you sometimes attribute them to Iran, sometimes to Islam and even sometimes to the holy Prophet of Islam. These are gestures of disrespect. There may be some who accept your adverse propaganda, but there may even be many others who will reject it. You should know that you will not meet your goal through such negative publicity."
He reiterated, "Tehran insists on having industrial and scientific scale peaceful nuclear energy. This is Iranian nation's right. That's God-pleasing, rational, legal and globally accepted claim. Since you have nothing to say with regards to such a right claim, so have launched adverse publicity, thinking vainly that such propaganda will help you reach your target."
He said, "You should know for sure that the path you have chosen will lead you nowhere and you will go astray. Reverse the path and step in the right course. Don't let this part of the world or other part get tumultuous this way and stop leaving black records in history."
(To view the MEMRI TV page for Ayatollah Kashani, click here)
Posted at: 2008-10-10
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